{"id":36868,"date":"2021-08-17T07:48:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T12:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=36868"},"modified":"2021-08-17T02:04:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T07:04:21","slug":"local-resident-receives-honour-150-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2021\/08\/17\/local-resident-receives-honour-150-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Resident Receives Honour 150 Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/S0129063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/S0129063-475x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/S0129063-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/S0129063-228x171.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/S0129063-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/S0129063-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/S0129063.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>Earlier this year, it was announced that local resident Dave Theunissen was one of the Honourees of Manitoba\u2019s Honour 150 program, part of Manitoba&#8217;s 150th Anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2021\/02\/22\/dave-theunissen-local-recipient-of-honour-150\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Theunissen Local Recipient Of Honour 150<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Theunissen was presented with his <a href=\"https:\/\/manitoba150.com\/en\/programs\/february-172021\/#top\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honour 150 Medal<\/a> during a small ceremony at his residence on July 31, 2021.  <\/p>\n<p>Theunissen was nominated by the Swan Valley Animal Protection League (SVAPL) for the Manitoba Honor 150 for Volunteerism in the community.  &#8220;Dave has been extremely active in the Swan River Valley for many, many years as a volunteer in many capacities as well as with SVAPL,&#8221;said SVAPL President, Sherry Markle. &#8220;We are very proud today to be able to present him with the plaque and the medal.&#8221; Theunissen&#8217;s son, Bob, was in attendance and had the honour of presenting the medal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank the animal protection league, for this honor that has been bestowed upon me,&#8221; said Theunissen. &#8220;I didn\u2019t expect it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Swan River MLA Rick Wowchuk was also in attendance and presented Theunissen with a certificate of recognition for the Manitoba Honour 150 award as well as a certificate for Theunissen&#8217;s 90th birthday in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, it was announced that local resident Dave Theunissen was one of the Honourees of Manitoba\u2019s Honour 150 program, part of Manitoba&#8217;s 150th Anniversary celebrations. Dave Theunissen Local Recipient Of Honour 150 Theunissen was presented with his Honour 150 Medal during a small ceremony at his residence on July 31, 2021. Theunissen was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-36868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}